You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
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You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
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And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
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And ye may eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
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Passages linked to Numbers 18:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 10:10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
- Luke 10:7 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10-14 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things? If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ. Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar? Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
- 1 Timothy 5:17-18 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
- Deuteronomy 14:22-23 You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year. You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.
- 2 Corinthians 12:13 For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.
- Galatians 6:6 But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As in verse 11.
As in verse 11.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 18:31 And ye shall eat it in every…
Num 18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Ver. 31. For it is your reward.] Or, wages, which you dearly earn, and may justly call for. So Luk 10:7.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In every place, i.e. in every clean place, and…
In every place, i.e. in every clean place, and not in the holy place only.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And ye shall bear no sin by reason of…
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it,.... Shall have no blame laid upon them, or guilt imputed to them, or punishment inflicted on them, on account of their having and enjoying their tithes and gifts:
when ye have heaved from it the best of it; took out the tenth, and that the best, and given it to the priests; or otherwise they would be blameworthy, guilty, and liable to punishment:
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neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel; the gifts they have given for holy uses, and so are holy; which would be the case if they ate of them, or enjoyed them, without giving the priests the tenth part of them:
lest ye die; for it seems such a neglect was punishable with death.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Every place - In every clean place, and not…
Every place - In every clean place, and not in the holy place only.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 31. Ye shall eat it in every place —…
31. Ye shall eat it in every place — The Levites might have as great freedom from ceremonial restrictions in the enjoyment of the tithe, after paying over a tithe of it to the priests, as the other tribes had in the enjoyment of their corn and wine and oil. The tithe, though a sacred obligation, had not the sacredness of the altar offerings, which must be eaten in a holy place.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 31. in every place] Not in a holy place,…
31. in every place] Not in a holy place, but anywhere, as ordinary food for your households.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (31) And ye shall eat it in every place.—When…
(31) And ye shall eat it in every place.—When the tenth which was due to the priests had been duly paid, the remainder of the tithe received from the people became the rightful portion of the Levites, as their ordinary means of subsistence, and might be eaten by them in every place, not being subject to the restrictions laid upon the priests in regard to the place in which the holy things were to be eaten. (See 5:10.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:31 Any food received in tithes could be consumed…
18:31 Any food received in tithes could be consumed by Levites and their families. That food was compensation (i.e., a salary) for Tabernacle service.
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